Kansas City Classic 'Copy & Paste' Apartment Building Style

Local history of post-war construction style that has withstood the test of time . . . Even better, just about everybody in KC has resided in these type of apartments at some time and recalls it fondly even if they couldn't leave their place after dark . . . Check-it: 

If a familiar-looking apartment building prompts you to stop and do a double-take, there’s a decent chance it’s an example of what we call the “prolific six-plex.” Even as constituent neighborhoods of the urban core are defined by their diversity, similarities abound among much of the city’s residential architecture. It can be positively disorienting to see what appear to be examples of the same building type—but in two different locations—as if prompted by a command of “copy-and-paste.” Yet, upon inspection, this phenomenon is frequent across century-old neighborhoods of Kansas City.

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Repeated Building Designs: The Prolific Six-Plex - Midtown KC Post

Do you ever get that deja vu feeling while traveling around Kansas City? If a familiar-looking apartment building prompts you to stop and do a double-take, there's a decent chance it's an example of what we call the "prolific six-plex." Even as constituent neighborhoods of the urban core are defined by their diversity, similarities abound among much [...]